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Thirukkural 395

Kural 395

உடையார்முன் இல்லார்போல் ஏக்கற்றுங் கற்றார்
கடையரே கல்லா தவர்.

Utaiyaarmun Illaarpol Ekkatrung Katraar
Kataiyare Kallaa Thavar

With soul submiss they stand, as paupers front a rich man's face; Yet learned men are first; th'unlearned stand in lowest place

Meaning

The unlearned are inferior to the learned, before whom they stand begging, as the destitute before the wealthy.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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